Notice2026-18288
Approval of Clean Air Act General Permit Requests for Coverage for New or Modified Minor Source Hot Mix Asphalt Plants in Indian Country
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Published
September 9, 2026
Issuing agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
Abstract
On various dates, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued approvals to Yavapai-Apache Sand and Rock, Navajo Engineering and Construction Authority (NECA), and Fann Contracting, Inc. ("Permittees") under the Clean Air Act's Tribal Minor New Source Review (NSR) Program. The EPA approved these Requests for Coverage under the General Air Quality Permit for New or Modified Minor Source Hot Mix Asphalt Plants in Indian Country ("HMA Plants General Permit") for Yavapai-Apache Sand and Rock, the NECA Portable Hot Mix Asphalt Plant, the N12 Portable Hot Mix Asphalt Plant, and the Kayenta Hot Plant Site ("Sources"). These approvals authorized the construction and operation of these Sources under the Tribal Minor NSR Program.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57335-57336]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18288]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0093, EPA-R09-OAR-2019-0001, EPA-R09-OAR-2021-0046,
and EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0220; FRL-13548-01-R9]
Approval of Clean Air Act General Permit Requests for Coverage
for New or Modified Minor Source Hot Mix Asphalt Plants in Indian
Country
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of final action.
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SUMMARY: On various dates, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) issued approvals to Yavapai-Apache Sand and Rock, Navajo
Engineering and Construction Authority (NECA), and Fann Contracting,
Inc. (``Permittees'') under the Clean Air Act's Tribal Minor New Source
Review (NSR) Program. The EPA approved these Requests for Coverage
under the General Air Quality Permit for New or Modified Minor Source
Hot Mix Asphalt Plants in Indian Country (``HMA Plants General
Permit'') for Yavapai-Apache Sand and Rock, the NECA Portable Hot Mix
Asphalt Plant, the N12 Portable Hot Mix Asphalt Plant, and the Kayenta
Hot Plant Site (``Sources''). These approvals authorized the
construction and operation of these Sources under the Tribal Minor NSR
Program.
DATES: The Requests for Coverage were approved by the EPA on various
dates. See the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. Pursuant to section
307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, judicial review of this final agency
decision, to the extent it is available, may be sought by filing a
petition for review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit no later than November 9, 2026.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established dockets for these actions under
Docket ID Nos. EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0093, EPA-R09-OAR-2019-0001, EPA-R09-
OAR-2021-0046, and EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0220. All documents in the dockets
are listed on the <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> website. Although listed
in an index, some information is not publicly available, e.g.,
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as
copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet and will be
publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly available docket
materials are available through <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, or please
contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
section for additional availability information. If you need assistance
in a language other than English or if you are a person with a
disability who needs a reasonable accommodation at no cost to you,
please contact the person identified in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Valladolid, EPA Region 9;
telephone number: (415) 947-4103; email address:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection" class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87f1e6ebebe6e3e8ebeee3a9e4e6f3efe2f5eee9e2c7e2f7e6a9e0e8f1">[email protected]</a>. The EPA's final approval decisions, the
Technical Support Documents for these actions, and all other supporting
information are available through <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a> under the Docket
ID Nos. listed in the ADDRESSES section.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Notice of Final Action
The EPA approved four Requests for Coverage under the HMA Plants
General Permit \1\ submitted by the Permittees. The Requests for
Coverage under the HMA Plants General Permit were approved on the dates
listed in Table 1. These approvals pertain to the construction and
operation of the Sources, all of which are or were hot mix asphalt
plants, located in Indian Country. The EPA issued the approvals
pursuant to the provisions of Clean Air Act sections 110(a) and 301(d)
and the
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EPA's Tribal Minor NSR Program at 40 CFR 49.151 through 49.165. The EPA
based its approvals on its determinations that the Sources met the
criteria qualifying them for coverage and that the Sources were
eligible for coverage under the HMA Plants General Permit.
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\1\ The HMA Plants General Permit was issued by the EPA under
the Tribal Minor NSR Program on May 1, 2015, and the permit became
effective June 1, 2015 (80 FR 25068, May 1, 2015). This permit is
available on <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> under Document ID EPA-HQ-
OAR-2011-0151-0132.
Table 1--Source Approvals Under the HMA Plants General Permit
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Source Location Docket ID Approval date
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Yavapai-Apache Sand and Rock.......... Camp Verde, AZ.......... EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0093 May 11, 2018.
NECA Portable Hot Mix Asphalt Plant... Apache County, AZ....... EPA-R09-OAR-2019-0001 April 11, 2019.
N12 Portable Hot Plant Site........... Tsaile, AZ.............. EPA-R09-OAR-2021-0046 April 13, 2021.
Kayenta Hot Plant Site................ Kayenta, AZ............. EPA-R09-OAR-2022-0220 April 27, 2022.
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The EPA's Clean Air Act approvals for these Sources are final
agency actions for purposes of judicial review only for the issue of
whether the Sources qualify for coverage under the HMA Plants General
Permit (40 CFR 49.156(e)(6)).
(Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.)
Dated: August 31, 2026.
Anita Lee,
Director, Air and Radiation Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2026-18288 Filed 9-8-26; 8:45 am]
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